Her first impression of the castle was that it was... beautiful. Large, filled with crystal, but the atmosphere was strangely cold... As if made entirely out of ice. Cautiously, she took a step towards the staircase.

"Hello?"

"Hello I'm Olaf and I love warm hugs!"

And before Anna could comprehend what on earth was happening, a round little snowman rushed forward and enveloped her in a hug.

Her first instinct was to scream her lungs out, except reason made her realize that would be incredibly rude. Managing an uneasy smile, Anna allowed the snowman, Olaf, to lead her to her room.

Later, when the sun has sunk below the horizon and when Olaf was absolutely certain Anna had gone to sleep, Olaf wandered to the West Wing of the castle where his master waited eagerly for the news he was about to bring her.

"And how was our guest?"

"Friendly! She gave me a warm hug!" Olaf giggled happily. His laughter was infectious and the master of the castle found herself smiling, just a little...

"That's wonderful Olaf... " she said sweetly.

"Yeah! You should go talk to her you know... I think she might like you..."

The snowman regretted what he said when a flash of fear passed through those beautiful cyan eyes, followed by her immediate backpedaling into the more dimly lit area of the room.

There was an uncomfortable silence.

"Elsa?"

"No... Olaf I can't..."

"Why not?"

" You know why...I don't want to scare her...I..."

"She's your sister..."

There was a pause, followed by a sharp intake of breath.

"She'll run... " Came the quivering reply haggard by fear...

"Just like they did... They always run..."

Anna blew a stray lock of hair out of her face. Really, she could not believe what was happening... After the death of her parents... Well let's just say, it was made very clear that Anna didn't know her parents very well... Apparently she had a sister... An older sister living in one of their abandoned summer castles on the mountains north of Arendelle...

Anna rubbed her shoulders... Amazed at how blasé she was about all of this... It wasn't that she didn't care... but in reality, she just really didn't how to feel about this... It was just so strange and unexpected... A sister she never knew about... How could her parents keep something so important from her? Groaning, confused and exhausted from her days of travel to meet her supposed sister who according to Olaf... was too shy to even greet her personally, Anna crept into the large bed, lay down and forced herself to sleep...

Elsa took a deep breath to calm her nerves... and then proceeded to peek out of her door and down the darkened hallways. The shadow she casted upon the floor sent a shiver down her spine... She bit her lip, instantly regretting her idea... She disliked her castle at night, remembering how when she was younger, she couldn't even move at night for fear something horrible would come and get her. Ironic because even then she looked exactly like any terrifying creature that lurked under the beds of children... Elsa growled miserably and started to think twice about what she was about to do... However, the longing she had made her take an uneasy step forward anyway... Soon, one step became two, followed by three and the next thing she knew, she was traveling up the hallways and down staircases, her mind concentrating only on what she wanted most ...to see the baby sister she had never met. Finally, she found herself in front of the door decorated with pink snowflakes...

With her paws shaking like leaves... Elsa took a deep breath and slowly twisted the doorknob...Quietly... Or at least she tried but the creak that emitted from that one simple action nearly sent her bolting back to her room on all fours in fear that her sister would jump out of the window at the mere sight of her... but a loud snore froze Elsa in place before she hesitantly opened an eye... Her sister snored? How... completely... utterly...adorable... Silently, she slipped into the room and carefully shut the door behind her...

Elsa cocked her head in confusion at what she was staring at...The girl... Her sister slept in the most... peculiar of positions, her petite form messily entwined in the velveteen sheets on the opposite side of the bed as she happily sucked her thumb... Just like a small helpless little baby... Elsa couldn't help but smile faintly as she looked at the familiar stranger in front of her... She was so...perfect. So unlike herself in every way... She did not even know this girl... Her own baby sister...This was the first time Elsa laid her eyes on her and already...she felt a deep emotional bond with the mysterious sleeping figure on the bed...

The yearning to wrap her sister in a loving, welcoming hug and proclaiming how much she missed her... Like any older sister would... caused Elsa to lean forward happily but one look at her dangerous clawed paws made her recoil in pain... She'd hate to think what claws could do to such soft looking skin like that...

"This will never work, how can anyone accept or come to love an ugly monster like yourself, you fool?"

Elsa whimpered...

"Stop" she whispered aloud, her voice croaking from lack of words after all these

years. Sighing and berating herself for being a reckless fool, Elsa turned to leave only to nearly jump out of her skin as a loud sneeze escaped her sister...

Elsa froze in place like a statue, not even daring to breathe should her sister have awoken and spotted her... She held that position for what felt like an hour, until there was a loud snort followed by more snores... Cautiously, Elsa spun around to see her sister, still asleep thankfully but with her blanket on the floor... There was a whimper and Elsa's heart crumpled as she watched her sister slowly start to shiver from the cold... Despite, her previous reservations, she couldn't bring herself to let her sister freeze... Gently Elsa picked up the blanket and slowly with great precision, placed it gently on her sister's tiny frame... She held her breath as her sister suddenly jerked forcefully but there was only an audible sigh from the strawberry blonde who proceeded to smile and curl into a more adorable position. Content, Elsa made her way to the door and sadly blew a kiss to the sister she wanted to know so much...